πτερόν
πτερόν
πτερόν, οῦ,
πτέσθαι
mostly in pl. feathers, Od., Hdt., etc.; in sg. a feather, Ar.
= πτέρυξ, a birdʼs wing, in pl. wings, Hom., Aesch.; Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaph. from chickens under the henʼs wings, Aesch.: —τῷ πτερὰ γίγνετο he got as it were wings, i. e. spirit, courage, Il.
the wings of a bat (v. πτίλον II), Hdt.
any winged creature, as the Sphinx, Eur.; a beetle, Ar.
like οἰωνός, Lat. avis, an augury, omen, Pind., Soph.
anything like wings: as
a shipʼs wings, i. e. oars (cf. πτερόω) , ἐρετμά, τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται Od.; νηὸς πτερά Hes., Eur.:— hence birds are said πτεροῖς ἐρέσσειν, Eur.
ἀέθλων πτερά, i. e. the wings of victory, which lift the Poet to heaven, Pind.
a feathered arrow, Eur.
τοῦ πώγωνος τὰ πτερά the points of the beard, Luc.
in Architecture, of the rows of columns along the sides of Greek temples, v. ἄπτερος.
Headword (normalized):
πτερόν
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πτερον
Intro Text:
πτερόν
πτερόν, οῦ,
πτέσθαι
mostly in pl. feathers, Od., Hdt., etc.; in sg. a feather, Ar.
= πτέρυξ, a birdʼs wing, in pl. wings, Hom., Aesch.; Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaph. from chickens under the henʼs wings, Aesch.: —τῷ πτερὰ γίγνετο he got as it were wings, i. e. spirit, courage, Il.
the wings of a bat (v. πτίλον II), Hdt.
any winged creature, as the Sphinx, Eur.; a beetle, Ar.
like οἰωνός, Lat. avis, an augury, omen, Pind., Soph.
anything like wings: as
a shipʼs wings, i. e. oars (cf. πτερόω) , ἐρετμά, τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται Od.; νηὸς πτερά Hes., Eur.:— hence birds are said πτεροῖς ἐρέσσειν, Eur.
ἀέθλων πτερά, i. e. the wings of victory, which lift the Poet to heaven, Pind.
a feathered arrow, Eur.
τοῦ πώγωνος τὰ πτερά the points of the beard, Luc.
in Architecture, of the rows of columns along the sides of Greek temples, v. ἄπτερος.
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